3.31.2009

the late 1920s to the late 1940s marks a golden age for film, cartoon, and comic art that has yet to be repeated in my non-expert mind. i wonder if there will ever be another golden age. with so much in the film/animation/comic art world going digital, i'm not sure it will. (not to demean the skill and artistry that goes into digital art, but i'll admit, i'm totally and maybe irrationally biased against it.) i wonder what it was about a post/pre-war/depression culture that infused the arts with so much vigor and vitality. all i know is that when i am anxious, overly stressed, or depressed, working with my hands and creating is nearly always an activity that brings relief. perhaps that has something to do with it.

weirdest oven in all the world. the dials for the burners were blank, so after turning them on to experiment with which direction was "HIGH" and which was "LOW," i wrote in the rest of the temperature labels.

the Victory Sponge (my apron, for those who don't know) looks at home hung up on my circuit breaker switches, don't you think?

the other half of my bedroom (see below for the half with my table). it was like christmas de-boxing all my books that i hadn't seen in years and years. next to the bookcase are two more little IKEA tables with some scrap board resting on them to form a low table for my indoor seed plantings. they get loads of afternoon sun from my bedroom window. last week i put in eggplant, leeks, and some basil. this weekend it'll be peppers, more peppers, some other herbs, and nasturtiums.